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To: long-gone who wrote (36246)	7/1/1999 7:09:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 116900

Russian Bombers Make Iceland Foray << Two Russian strategic bombers flew within striking distance of the United States last week as part of Moscow's largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, astounding U.S. officials and underlining recent Western concerns about the military leadership in Moscow. The TU-95 Bear bombers were intercepted by four U.S. F-15 fighters and a P-3 patrol plane near Iceland early Friday morning and escorted in a clockwise flight around the island, U.S. officials said. Norway, which like Iceland is a NATO member, also scrambled jets to meet two other TU-140 Blackjack bombers that flew down the Norwegian coastline, but Russian reports said the interceptors failed to reach the bombers before they turned back. U.S. officials said the flights formed part of extensive exercises by the Russian armed forces last week. Though Russian bombers often probed Western defenses during the Cold War, officials said no such activity had been recorded in a decade and the appearance of the Russian long-range bombers over Iceland and Norway surprised NATO. The move was the latest in a pattern of perplexing Russian military actions in recent weeks that have prompted concern in Washington and elsewhere about President Boris Yeltsin's control over his government and armed forces. Two weeks ago, 200 Russian troops suddenly occupied the Pristina airport in Kosovo as part of a larger scheme to insert 1,000 troops into the province without the prior consent of NATO's leadership. The ensuing standoff was resolved only after days of tortuous negotiations over a role for the Russian troops in the NATO-led peacekeeping force ... more ... >> washingtonpost.com ***** Hi Guys, Sorry for the duplicated posts earlier this morning ... I was using the new SI Beta to edit an existing post and likely encountered a bug, which I reported. John

To: long-gone who wrote (36246)	7/1/1999 9:27:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 116900

Treasury-incident Washington (Intruder) << All entrances to the Treasury building, which is next to the White House on Washington D.C.'s Pennsylvania Avenue, were closed. But employees inside the building were allowed to remain there. The streets surrounding the area were blocked off with police cars stationed at every intersection, preventing people from coming within a half block of the Treasury building. A helicopter hovered overhead. >> << U.S. Treasury building closed because of intruder >> biz.yahoo.com ***** Passport crisis blamed on Millennium bug (UK) Message 10345960 I posted an interesting Y2K problem this morning at the above link.